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a showy orchid, Cypripedium calceolus, of eastern North America, having purple-tinged yellow flowers with an inflated lip petal.[1730-40, Amer.]
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Yellow Lady's-slipper — may refer to any of three yellow orchids from the genus Cypripedium :* Cypripedium calceolus * Cypripedium pubescens * Cypripedium parviflorum … Wikipedia
yellow lady's slipper — noun maroon to purple brown orchid with yellow lip; Europe, North America and Japan • Syn: ↑yellow lady slipper, ↑Cypripedium calceolus, ↑Cypripedium parviflorum • Hypernyms: ↑lady s slipper, ↑lady slipper, ↑ladies slipper, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
yellow lady's-slipper — noun also yellow lady slipper : a yellow flowered orchid of the genus Cypripedium (as C. calceolus, C. parviflorum) * * * a showy orchid, Cypripedium calceolus, of eastern North America, having purple tinged yellow flowers with an inflated lip… … Useful english dictionary
large yellow lady's slipper — noun plant of eastern and central North America having slightly fragrant purple marked greenish yellow flowers • Syn: ↑Cypripedium calceolus pubescens • Hypernyms: ↑yellow lady s slipper, ↑yellow lady slipper, ↑Cypripedium calceolus, ↑Cypripedium … Useful english dictionary
small yellow lady's-slipper — smulkiažiedė klumpaitė statusas T sritis vardynas apibrėžtis Gegužraibinių šeimos vaistinis augalas (Cypripedium parviflorum), paplitęs Šiaurės Amerikoje. atitikmenys: lot. Cypripedium parviflorum angl. small yellow lady s slipper šaltinis… … Lithuanian dictionary (lietuvių žodynas)
large yellow lady's-slipper — smulkiažiedės klumpaitės plaukuotasis varietetas statusas T sritis vardynas apibrėžtis Gegužraibinių šeimos vaistinis augalas (Cypripedium parviflorum var. pubescens), paplitęs Šiaurės Amerikoje. atitikmenys: lot. Cypripedium parviflorum var.… … Lithuanian dictionary (lietuvių žodynas)
yellow lady-slipper — noun maroon to purple brown orchid with yellow lip; Europe, North America and Japan • Syn: ↑yellow lady s slipper, ↑Cypripedium calceolus, ↑Cypripedium parviflorum • Hypernyms: ↑lady s slipper, ↑lady slipper, ↑ladies slipper, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
lady's slipper — noun any of several chiefly American wildflowers having an inflated pouchlike lip; difficult or impossible to cultivate in the garden • Syn: ↑lady slipper, ↑ladies slipper, ↑slipper orchid • Hypernyms: ↑orchid, ↑orchidaceous plant • … Useful english dictionary
lady's slipper — Any member of several genera of orchids in which the lip of the flower is slipper shaped. The genus Cypripedium has about 50 temperate and subtropical species. Two well known species, the yellow lady s slipper (C. calceolus) and the pink lady s… … Universalium
California lady's slipper — noun often having many yellow green orchids with white pouches growing along streams and seeps of southwestern Oregon and northern California • Syn: ↑Cypripedium californicum • Hypernyms: ↑lady s slipper, ↑lady slipper, ↑ladies slipper, ↑slipper… … Useful english dictionary
